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J. A. MANNS.

ELECTRIC ENGINE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 12. 1920.

1,377,087, r Patented May 3,1921.

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ELECTRIC ENGINE. 'APPLl CATION FILED on. 12. 1920.

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Specification of Letters .Patent; 5 ,Pate nted M 1921 Application filedOctober 12, 1920." Serial No. 416,527.

To all whom itma' concern: I g

Be it known that I, JAoK A.' MANNs, a citizen of the United Statesresidin at Toronto, in the Province of (5ntario, ainada, have inventedcertain new anduseful Improvements in Electric Engines; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and Still another object of the invention is the Iprovision of a locomotive upon which suitable motors are mounted'u'ponthe. axles of the driving wheels for the urposes:of-driving the same,and" in whic generators are employed for charging batteries-from whichcurrent tothe electric gmotors is. supplied.

A further object of the invention isthe provision of a locomotive suchas above referred to which includes a framemounted upon'the usual drivewheels which may be of any preferred number'and; which are actuated byelectricmotors placed directly on the axles thereof, togetherwith aseries 7 of high voltagestorage batterieswhich are designed to' supplycurrentto the motors and also generators for charging the'storagebatteries and gas or oil engines for driving the generators, togetherwith means for angtomatically breakingthe circuit and stopping themotors, for supplying fuel and lubricant to the engines which drive thegenerators, aproper cool ng system for the engines andgenerators, andalso illuminat-- ing means for the said locomotive.

A still further-objectof the invention is the provision of anelectriclocomotive such as above referred to,a nd which will becomparatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture, reliableandefficient in use and readily operated. i j

. With the aboveand otherobjects-in view, the present inventionresidesin the novel features of construction, formations,ycomwill behereinafter more fully described, claimed, and ,illustrated'in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of the present application, and inwhich:

F igure. lis a longitudinal sectional viev taken through anelectriclocomotive convention, and,

structed in accordance withfthe present inthe wiring of the severalparts. I

Referring now to the accompanying drawlngs by similar. characters ofreference throughout the several views, the numeral 5 designates ingeneral my improved locomo- .tive which is mounted,for the purposes of IM illustration upon a track 6. Thelocomoytive includes a frame 7 uponwhich is mounted a body portion 8 at the rear of which is located a cab9. V. 1 1 The cab '9 is provided with suitable win- I ENT OF E-ibinations and arrangements of parts which I Fig. 2 is adiagrammaticalview showing dows 1O for the use of the operator, while a lightningarrester 11 is mounted therein, as clearly shown in the drawings;

1 VThe numerals'12 designate a plurality of high voltage storagebatteries, while 13 indicates the master controller. cut out andconfnection box positioned within the. cab;

A suitable controller equipment for the motors is designated at let andis likewise positioned in the cab within theconvenient reachofthe-operator. v A Thelframe 7'has the customary frontand qrear trucks15' and 16, while positioned therebetween in suitable supports 17 arethe drive wheels 18. These drive wheels118 .are

mounteduponthe axles 19 which carry the armatures 20 of suitableelectrics motors .21

Y which are; operatively connected with the storage batteries 12 bymeans of whlch ourrent is supplied to the motors and the drive;

wheels 18 actuated in an obvious manner.

' In order to provide for suflic ent reslllency of the drive wheels18,5the supports '17 carry compressed coil springs 22 and alsofpneumatic cushioning devices 23, in order that there will be no shockcarried to the motors 21 which mightcause injury thereto.

The batteries 12', are kept charged by meansof the generators 24 whichcan be cooled by meansof the blowers25 mounted thereon. I, s l

, Suitable gas oroil enginesshownat 26 are in operative connection-withthe generators 24 for actuatingtheflatter. Thesame may be started bymeans of the electricst'arters 27 when it is desired to charge thebatteries after the voltage therein has become lowered.

' The generators 24 and engines 26 and also the motors 21 are shown inconventional form only, as their specific structure has no bearing onthe present application.

An automatic coupler 28-is mounted upon the forward end of thelocomotive in advance of the cow-catcher 29, while the same is providedwith one or morehcad lights 30 provided with a large lamp of preferably200ewatts shown at 31 and a smaller lamp of about 50 watts shown at 32.

The former of these lamps is used when the locomotive is in use, whilethe latter is used when the same is standing on a siding or not inmotion.

The current of these lamps is supplied by means of a generator 33actuated through the medium of a belt 34 which engages a motor 35mounted. in the forward end of the body portion 8.

This motor 35 also operates a fan 36 which coiiperates with a radiator37 supplied from the water tank 38mounted at the upper portion of thelocomotive. The'tank 38 has positioned'adjacent thereto a plurality ofcorresponding tanks 39, 40 and 41. The tank 39 is designed for receivingkerosene or other fuel for the engines 26, while the tank 40 receivesoil for the generators, motors and the like. The tank 41 is adaptedtocontain compressed air for use in operating the blowers 25. r

The radiator 37 "s connected to the engines' 26 by means of a pipe line42, and is supplied with water from the water tank 38 through the pipeline 43.

The fuel is supplied to the engines 26 through, the pipes 44 which arecontrolled by means of a three-way valve 45, while oil is suppliedthereto through the pipes 46 controlled by the three-way valve 47. The

compressed air is supplied to the blowers by means of the pipes 48controlled by the two-wayvalve 49. 7

Thecompressed air tank 41 maybe supplied with air by means of acompressor 50 which is operativelyjconneoted thereto by the pipe '5lwhich connects the before described pipes 48;

An automatic train stopping mechanism is shown at 52 and is actuated bymeans of a suitable trip mechanism which may be positioned adjacent thetrack, but which is not shown in the drawings.

In cooperation with this stopping mechanism 52, is a bell trip deviceshown at 53 which is designed to simultaneously ring, a bell within thecab and also in variou stations alongthe line when the trainhas beenstopped at any point. I

As the particular mechanism for the automatic -train stopping device andthe bell ous corresponding elements of the locomotive, while the numeral55 shows the grouped contactors which are likewise oper ativelyconnected thereto.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the operation of the locomotive will be obvious the driverwithin the cab simply by means of the controller'causing the-operationof'the motors 21 which drive the locomotive in the desired manner.

These motors, it will be seen, are supplied with their current from thebatteries 12 which are charged with the generators 24 through theassistance of the oil engines 26. These engines,are supplied with bothfuel and lubricant from thetanks 39 and 40, while the head lights 30 aresupplied with current from the generator 33 through the assistance ofthe motor 35 which also operatesthe fan for cooling the circulatingsystem and the compressor 50 foroperating the blowers 25 and filling thetank 41 with compressed air.

Any desired means for wiringthe various electricalparts may be employed,theform shown in Fig. 2 being only one method of wiring the same. r

As shown in Fig. 2,'a conductor 56 leads from the batteries 12 to onepole of the motors, while a conductor 57 leads to the switch 14, theopposite contact member of'which is connected by a conductor 58 to theopposite terminals of said batteries.

Obviously when the switch 13 is closed, 105 the circuit including themotors 1 will be closed and the latter will be set in operation, while,when the switch 14 is open, as shown in Fig. 2, the circuit is brokenand the motors are inoperative;

The rheostats 54 are connected by a conductor 59 to the before describedconductor 57 while a conductor 60 completes the circuit 7 from therheostats to the batteries 12.

The bell trip device is connected; to the batteries by the conductors 61and 62-, the former of which. connects with the 'conductor' '63WlllClllGStClS from the generators 24 to one terminal; of the batteries12, while the said conductor 62 leads to" the bell and thence to theconductor 64 which leads from the opposite terminal of the battery towhich the conductor 63 is connected through the opposite V poles of thegenerators 24.

The circuit in which the conductor 64 is included may be broken, by asuitable switch 65. v V V The starter 2 7 is connected by a conductor 66which leads therefrom to one'terminal of the batteries 12 and iscontrolled by a The grouped contactors 55 are connected by theconductors 69 and 70 to the opposite terminals of the batteries 12, asshown;

It will therefore be readily apparent that a locomotive of the naturedescribed is provided, which will fulfil all ofthe necessaryrequirements of such a machine, and it should be understood in thisconnection that various minor changes in the specific detailsofconstruction may be resorted to within the scope of the appendedclaims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of v theadvantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new anddesire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. In an electric locomotive, the combination with a body portion, of aplurality of drive wheels, axles supporting the dirive Wheels, motorscarried by the axles, batteries for supplying current to the motors,generahand.

tors for charging the batteries, engines for actuating thegenerators,blowers for cooling 7 the generators, a series of tanks, and means aconnecting the generators and engines with the tanks for supplying fuel,lubricant, water and compressed air thereto.

2. In a locomotive such as described, the

combination of an electric driving means,

batteries for supplying current to the electric driving means,generators for charging said batteries, engines for operating the generators, a water tank, a radiator operatively connected to said tank, anda pipe line leading from the radiator to the engines. I 3. In alocomotive of the character described, the combination of an electricdriving means, batteries for supplying current communication withtheblowers, and a compressor for compressing air in said tank. I

,In witness-whereofI have hereunto set my JACK A, MANNS.

